This post is somewhat related to religion, so if you're not interested, skip it.

The congregation where I attend worship service has someone who, for lack of anyone else, essentially became the full-time song leader. After we began attending there, there were two of us and I get the opportunity to lead singing quite often.

Last night I got a phone call that he was going to be stuck in Houston today, and wanted to know if I could cover for him.  I'm always glad to do so.  The only thing was, my wife had to work today and I didn't have anyone to keep an eye on the kids while I was occupied with my duties.  So I sat them right on the front row, said a little prayer, and took a chance on them not causing too much of a ruckus.  They sat quietly and even tried to follow along in the song book during the song service.  They made me really proud today, and I told them so.

Of course, when they got outside after services they were running around like a couple of psychotic squirrel monkeys, but I let them run.  They earned it.